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Jharkhand’s Biggest Democratic Test Yet: The SIR Challenge
Jharkhand brings together many of the communities most vulnerable to bureaucratic exclusion—migrants, Adivasis, displaced families and informal workers. The Special Intensive Revision will therefore be far more than a routine electoral exercise. The question is not only who gets verified, but whether those already on the margins are asked once again to prove their place in India's democracy
Why is the Modi govt & BJP feeling threatened by a forum against fascism?
CPI-M, Rajya Sabha, Dr V Sivadasan from Kerala has been denied political clearance to attend the Parliamentary Forum against Fascism scheduled to take place in Venezuela from November 4-6, 2024.
M’tra farmers demand MSP for cash crops like cotton, soybean and sugarcane with 20 % bonus like Tamil Nadu & Kerala: Kisan Manifesto
The incoming Maharashtra govt must urgently address the aggravated agrarian crisis leading to escalating farm suicides, ensure a MSP plus bonus for cash crops, speedily curb the runaway rise in the cost of inputs due to the corporate capture of input production and supply; these are just some of the demands from the Kisan Mazdoor Commission and Nation for Farmers, Farmers Manifesto for Maharashtra released today
Can MVA Reverse Modi Govt’s Broken Promises to Farmers? | Vijay Jawandhia & Teesta Setalvad
In this compelling video, farmers' leader Vijay Jawandhia from...
Illegality of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine
This month, October 2024, the ongoing war in Gaza...
Haryana Police’s stress management through ISKCON’s Harinam Kirtan faces criticism
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Gurgaon Police's Kirtan Controversy: police staffs’ bhajan session with ISKCON draws criticism for questionable stress management tactics, the kirtan session was part of a stress management program conducted by ISKCON Gurugram on Police Day
Justice KS Puttaswamy’s passing marks the end of an era for privacy rights
Right to privacy petitioner and former Karnataka High Court Judge Justice KS Puttaswamy passes away at 98; he enrolled as an advocate in 1952 and was appointed as a judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1977; his pathbreaking legal intervention left an indelible mark on privacy rights
Restating the agenda of Hindu Rashtra: RSS chief sets the tone for BJP politics
On October 12, 2024, during the Vijayadashmi (Dussehra) celebrations,...
Stop Nov 4 Mahapanchayat in Uttarakhand & “Dharma Sansad” in December: Former civil servants to Amit Shah
Over a 100 former civil servants have in an open letter to union home minister, Aman Shah urged and demanded that he takes urgent measures to stop the proposed mahapanchayat in Uttarkashi on November 4, 2024 and the proposed "dharma sansad" in December 2024 and further asked that action should be taken against those attempting to use such events to foment hate and incite violence.
Influence of mining corporations on policy makers ‘leading to’ erosion of democracy in Odisha
Odisha is rich in high-quality natural resources, including iron,...
CJP files complaint with Maharashtra Election Commission over communal posters featuring UP CM Yogi Adityanath
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CJP calls for immediate removal of inflammatory posters and demands strict action ahead of the state elections
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Jharkhand’s Biggest Democratic Test Yet: The SIR Challenge
Jharkhand brings together many of the communities most vulnerable to bureaucratic exclusion—migrants, Adivasis, displaced families and informal workers. The Special Intensive Revision will therefore be far more than a routine electoral exercise. The question is not only who gets verified, but whether those already on the margins are asked once again to prove their place in India's democracy
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Judgement delivered, paradox prevails: every voter a citizen, but what is the fate of 51.8 million excluded?
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